Category

• Promising Local Practice

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Poverty impact

• Mitigation
• Reduction

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Poverty driver

• Provide benefit in-kind (experience)
• Increase income from benefits
• Non-driver - improving quality of life

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Keywords

• Self-empowerment
• Language skills
• Employability Skills
• English for speakers of other languages
• Cost-of-living crisis

Aim

The project empowers and supports Muslim and BME women by providing a support network through which they can gain, or build on existing employability skills.

Summary

A charity organisation based in Glasgow offering free Employability Support and workshops to unemployed women, individuals, and ethnic minorities for whom English is not their first language. Employability and Adult learning resources are provided free as means to empower socioeconomically disadvantaged, ethnic minorities to find sustainable employment through the provision of employment skill sets and learning opportunities. This is achieved through the provision of free IT resources, volunteering and learning opportunities, and a support network of likeminded individuals.

What difference does it make?

The project provides education and support to facilitate Muslim and BME women living across Scotland to become self-empowered and find work or education.

Organisations

Amina, The Charities Aid Foundation, DWP, Glasgow Clyde College

Location

Glasgow (expanding nationally in Scotland)

Key take-aways

• The project provides an intersectional support network which empowers socioeconomically disadvantaged Muslim and BME women with the skills and knowledge to find sustainable, fair employment.
• The project demonstrates a meaningful intersectional approach to empowering Muslim and BME women to achieve their socioeconomic aspirations.

 

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